When you start out at rock bottom, it is really hard to scratch and claw yourself all the way to the top. Even if you’re Bruce Wayne and you’re in that pit-prison from The Dark Knight Rises. While the Dallas Stars were definitely in a comparable pit for most of the ’14-’15 season, they just couldn’t muster up a Batman-enough performance to pull themselves all the way out.
Well, not yet, anyway.
The Stars dug this metaphorical pit for themselves in many different ways. Call it a lack of confidence in their goaltending, tired defense- these are true.